# Executive Sous Chef

**Company**: SpaceXAI
**Location**: Memphis, Tennessee
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Food Services

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## Description

The Executive Sous Chef oversees teams within multiple outlets, fuels the workforce, and provides high-end food experiences for guests and VIPs. You will work with the executive chef to conceptualize and oversee multiple outlets and services, ensure consistency, and coordinate employee engagement activities.

## Responsibilities:

- Follow, set, and enforce standards of operation in multiple kitchen outlet environments and service formats

- Support the executive chef and/or sous chefs with operation, team development, and overall department

- Enforce food and general workplace safety in all food services areas

- Train staff on work planning materials, safety protocols, and health inspection guidelines

- Oversee hiring and disciplinary decisions for their team

- Coordinate successful openings of new outlets, with a focus on VIP experiences

- Plan and meet cost per head targets

- Support hiring, development, retention, and team management for all food service staff

## Basic Qualifications:

- High school diploma or equivalency certificate

- Culinary degree and 4+ years of industry experience; or 6+ years of industry experience

- 2+ years of experience in a multi-outlet operation facility

## Preferred Skills and Experience:

- Culinary degree

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook software

- Experience in a corporate environment

- Experience with high-volume or batch cooking

- Experience leading a group of 20 or more team members

- Advanced knowledge of kitchen equipment and safe kitchen operations

- Excellent communication skills

## Additional Requirements:

- Kitchen and/or dining area renovation/construction experience

- Ability to carry large heavy items (up to 25 lbs.)

- ServSafe/equivalent state-recognized manager-level food handler certification

- Ability to stand for long periods (up to 10 hours a day)

- Ability to perform frequent bending, stooping, and lifting of objects

- Must be able to work all shifts and available for overtime, weekends, and holidays

- Must participate in internal leadership and development training

- Must be willing to travel occasionally

- Valid Driver's License

- Valid Food Managers Certification

## Skills

### Required
- Culinary degree
- kitchen operations
- team management
- food safety
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- Microsoft Office
- corporate environment
- high-volume cooking
- leadership
- kitchen equipment knowledge

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